Too many things we humans do are wrong but we continue to do them. As individuals we learn from our mistakes, as the human race we don't.

We do things just because everyone else has in the past. We've taken "don't re-invent the wheel" too far. We are being damaged in significant ways because of this attitude. As this site matures, new things that need re-inventing will be added below:

The elevator - It's against the law to smoke in an elevator now, but it wasn't only a few years ago. Who put an ashtray in the elevator anyway? An engineer. What did it do? It gave people the permission to smoke in an elevator. The average person would otherwise put his cigarette out before walking into an elevator (even if he's alone). Since the ashtray was built into the elevator, people would actually walk into a crowded elevator with a lit cigarette and no one would say a thing.

Conclusion: We allow someone with no authority (the engineer) to make such a difference in what's OK and what's not OK to do. We act like a bunch of sheep.
Goal: Bring solutions to important things that we do wrong which cause significant damage to us, and yet we continue to make the same mistake and teach the same to our children. With your help I want to break this chain reaction in the human race.